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ecruitment Notice for Teaching and Non Teaching Positions

Advt. No. 04/2016
Dated:16/12/2016
The NIPER-Guwahati is the fifth institute to be included in the list of the premium
institutes under the Department of Pharmaceuticals, Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers,
Government of India. NIPER-Guwahati started functioning from the month of September,
2008. The institute is presently housed at Guwahati Medical College, Guwahati. The
Institute has excellent facilities for advanced education and research in pharmaceutical
sciences and is looking for teaching and non teaching staff of high degree of knowledge
and willing to contribute in building this institute as one of the best centers of excellence.
Presently the Institute is running M.S (Pharm.) and Ph. D Programmes and planning to
expand further.

NIPER Guwahati is now inviting applications for Teaching and Non-Teaching positions on
contractual basis which are likely to be continued based on the performance of the
selected candidates. Candidates will be paid consolidated emoluments as per the norms
and the emoluments will be fixed at the time of interview based on the experience and
selection committee recommendations.
(i) FACULTY POSITIONS

Name of No. of Age Minimum Educational qualifications /

the Positio Limit skills/experience required for eligibility
Position ns (Yrs)

Associate 1 50 Essential Qualification: Ph.D in Pharmaceutical

Professor sciences with first class or equivalent at the
(Departmen preceding degree (MS Pharm/ M Pharm/MTech) in
t of Pharmacology and Toxicology / Biotechnology with
Pharmacolo good academic record throughout.
gy &
Toxicology) A minimum of 6 years of post PhD
Teaching/Research/industrial experience, of which at
least 3 years should be at the level of Assistant
Professor / Senior Scientific Officer/ or equivalent on
the date of applications. The candidate should have
demonstrated leadership in In vitro and In vivo
pharmacology mainly in the areas of cancer,
diabetes, inflammation and in terms of guidance of
Masters and Ph.D. students, strong record of
publications in SCI indexed journals and conference,
patents, laboratory / course development and / or
other recognized relevant professional activities
such as principal investigator of major research
projects.

Desirable experience: Preference will be given to

the candidate with teaching experience to
MS/M.Pharm/M.Tech students as well as research
experience in terms of guiding to
MS/M.Pharm/M.Tech, Ph.D students
Associate 1 50 Essential Qualifications: Ph.D in Pharmaceutical
Professor Sciences with 1st class or equivalent at the
(Department preceding degree (M.S.(Pharm)/M.Pharm) in the
of Pharmacy Pharmacy practice having
Practice) teaching/industrial/research experience with good
academic record. Minimum 6 years of Post Ph.D.
experience in Teaching/Industry/Research out of
which at least 3 years should be at the level of
Assistant Professor or equivalent at P.G. level
teaching/Industrial/ Research Institute.
The candidate should have demonstrated leadership
in research in a specific area of specialization in
terms of guidance of Ph D students, strong record of
publications in reputed journals and conferences,
patents, laboratory/course development and/or
other recognized relevant professional activities
such as principal investigator of major research
projects.
Desirable experience: Persons having experience
of development of pharmaceutical products and
patents and strong background in developing and
validation of pharmaceutical formulations and/or
clinical practices research employing modern
techniques, Patient safety, pharmaceutical care,
geriatric pharmacotherapy, pharmacokinetics and
biopharmaceutics, Pharmacovigilance, Pharmaco-
economics, antimicrobial usage, community and
rural pharmacy, clinical pharmacy,
Pharmacotherapeutics, Rational use of drugs,
Clinical Pharmacy, clinical and applied therapeutics
and Clinical trials shall be preferred.

(II) Technical Position

Name of No. of Age Minimum Educational qualifications /
the Positio Limit skills/experience required for eligibility
Position ns (Yrs)
Technica 1 28 yrs Ist class MS Pharm/ M Pharm in Pharmacology and
l Toxicology or M.Sc in Microbiology/ Biotechnology /
Assistan Biochemistry
t
Good academic record with strong background in Basic
Microbiology and Molecular techniques such as cell
culture handling, PCR, ELISA etc.,

(III) ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS

Name of No. of Age Minimum Educational qualifications /
the Positi Limit skills/experience required for eligibility
Position ons (Yrs)

Secretar 1 40 Qualification: Post Graduate with 55% marks with 8

y to years of experience as stenographer or secretarial job in
Director a University/IITs/ Academic & Research Institutes with
good communication and computer skills.

Desirable: Short hand higher, Type writing higher and

proficiency in English language is desirable. Should be
able to type on computer by direct dictation or through
audio dictation.

*Section 1 40 Qualification: Post Graduate with 55% marks with 8

Officer years in dealing and supervising stores and purchase in
(Stores Central University/IITs/Central research institutes of
& repute.
Purchas
e) Desirable: Conversant with import procedures,
inventory control and material management and
experience in computer and data entry operations.

* Retired employees from CSIR/DRDO/ICMR/IITs/ and other central institutions may also apply
 GENERAL CONDITIONS

a. Applications are invited from eligible Indian citizen. Mere eligibility will not
entitle any candidate for being called for interview.

b. The Director reserves the right to withdraw any or all posts so advertised at
any time without assigning any reason. Proposed requirements are for
intermittent period till posts are sanctioned by the Govt. of India.

c. The soft copy of the filled application is to be send to e-mail ID

registrar@niperguwahati.ac.in with a copy to
th
director@niperguwahati.ac.in on or before 25 January 2017.

d. The envelope containing the CV in the prescribed format along with

supporting documents in support of age, qualifications and experiences,
superscribing Application for the post of --- whichever is applied should
be clearly mentioned, must reach the office of Registrar, National Institute
of Pharmaceutical Education & Research (NIPER-Guwahati), 1st Floor,
Institute of Pharmacy, Guwahati Medical College & Hospital,
Narakasur Hill top, Guwahati - 781 032, Assam on or before 28th
January 2017. The Institute will NOT be responsible for non-receipt of
application(s) within the stipulated date due to any postal delay / loss of
application / document sent in transit. Late applications may not be
considered.

e. On the recommendation of the selection committee, the competent authority

may relax age limit/ experience/ qualification on recommendation of the
Committee. Higher starting pay may be considered in case of extra
meritorious candidate and Salary will be fixed at the time of interview based
on the experience of the candidate.

f. In case no suitable candidate(s) is/are found for higher faculty post(s) i.e.
Associate Professor/Assistant Professor, lower faculty post(s) i.e. Assistant
Professor/Asst Prof (contract) may be offered.
g. Application form may be downloaded from Institute website:
www.niperguwahati.ac.in

h. The applicants serving in Government /Semi-Government /Public Sector

Undertakings/Autonomous organizations must send their application on the
prescribed format along with relevant documents Through proper
channel, failing which, the same will not be considered. However to save the
time, candidate may send an advance copy and bring the NOC at the time of
interview.

i. Incomplete application or without relevant supporting enclosures (attested

copies of degrees / certificates / marks sheets / experience certificates /
Document certifying date of birth, reprint of important publications etc.) will
be out-rightly rejected.

j. Canvassing in any form may lead to disqualification of candidature.

k. No interim enquiries/correspondence/communication will be entertained.

l. All appointments are temporary and contractual in nature and same is

renewable depending upon performance and mutual consent for every year.
The candidate will have no right to claim for regularization. All appointments
are contractual in nature and on fixed/consolidated pay.

m. Age relaxations shall be permissible to reserved category candidates as per

Government of India rules.

n. No TA/DA will be paid for attending the interview

o. The process of selection may include presentation / seminar / test / interview or as to

be decided by the Selection Committee.